Does anyone here work for Rite-aid?

[ThePhoneGoddess]

What are their hiring practices? I got a friend who is thinking about applying with them but doesn't know what to expect. Can anyone give me any information?

ETA: If you don't want to announce your place of employment publicly, feel free to PM me. I would really appreciate it. Thanks.

[BrightEyedKitty]

I worked for them about ten years ago. I can't speak for their company in other parts of the country, but my store was union, and I made minimum wage, so the union dues were deducted from that. Plus, they give like a $.05 raise every year.

All I did to get hired was fill out an app and turn it in, and they called me for an interview.

[darknight73]

i work for them and i have an union store- the local union has written in their contract .25 cent raises every year no matter if your the best employee or the worst you get a quarter- which 2 years ago, was 2 cents more than i got and i am a manager (if you divide my salary by 50 hours)
it was a good company to work for years ago but it is not as fun now- corporate is more concerned with cute little phrases and sayings and checklists than listening to their employees and actually correcting employee complaints- it is not rocket science we are a drug store we sell merchandise and fill prescriptions nothing more, nothing less .
also, there are 2 many chiefs and not enough indians- it is sad to see 6 or 7 people in a cell phone kiosk in a mall standing around twiddling thumbs and the stores only have enough payroll to have 4or 5 people in a huge store all day
corporate wants only part time people so if the manager is willing to work around what you can work go for it but don't become management- disillusion is around the corner

[ThePhoneGoddess]

Thank you both for the information. I don't know anything about union stores---is it hard to get hired on? Do you have to take a UA or hair test or anything? Does it take a long time to get hired?

[BrightEyedKitty]

Didn't for me, I never had to take a drug test at all, just had to take one of those written tests with questions like, "If you saw one of your co-workers stealing, would you turn them in?" and all that jazz.

Once again, this was ten years ago, so things may have changed drastically since then.

Also, our union sucked.